| Description | First of three notebooks of copies of Thomas Mortlock's letters, marked 'Letters 1816', May 1816-February 1817.
Includes letters written by Thomas Mortlock to:
'My dear Hammet' [James Hammet] - Ely bank, business, 28 May 1816
Miss Hammet - thanking for condolences on death of father, rings for her and her mother, 30 May 1816
'My dear Hammet' - financial affairs, '… to make any comment upon my elder brother's deportment would be painful and perhaps unprofitable…', 6 June 1816
The Earl of Chatham - taking estimate of the personal estate of his late father [John Mortlock], 7 June 1816
'My dear Jack' [his brother JCM] - legacy of Samuel Forlow, 19 June 1816
Dr Kaye - consideration of Duval's opinion on trusts with which he [Thomas Mortlock] is invested, and request for Dr Kaye to communicate same to the writer's brother, 26 June 1816
'My dear Jack' [his brother JCM] - receipts for rent charge on Abington farms, 22 June 1816
Revd Dr Davy - offering a payment as a token of the family's gratitude for his kindness, 3 July 1816
Mr Lyles jnr - declining to meet him to treat for tenancy of farm, Lyles' behaviour in treating for it, 28 - 29 June 1816
'My dear Hammet' - a bill, 9 July 1816
R. Trower, Ely Place, Holborn - partnership arrangements after J.M.'s death, liquidation of his account, 2 July 1816
R. Trower - drafts, etc., 9 July 1816
'My dear brother' [Sir John] - payment of money into account at Esdaile's to draw upon, 12 July 1816
R. Trower - liquidation of account, 12 July 1816
Duke of Rutland - resignation from Receivership of the Post Office, 12 July 1816
Lord C.J. Manners - offering accommodation, 12 July 1816
Revd S.B. Vince - payment for vault in St Edwards Church, 22 July 1816
'My dear Aunt' [Elizabeth Mortlock, Woodbridge] - family matters and finance, Isleham mortgages, 22 July 1816
'My dear Hammet' - financial matters, 6 August 1816
'My dear Brother' [Sir John] - on Sir John being appointed as Treasurer to the Conservators, and on his being appointed to the Receivership of the Post Office when Thomas Mortlock officially resigns, 14 Aug 1816
Earl of Liverpool - Thomas Mortlock's resignation as Receiver General of the Post Office, 13 August 1816
'My dear Aunt' [Lady Lacon, Yarmouth] - marriage bond, 25 September 1816
'My dear Uncle' [Sir Edmund Lacon] - marriage articles, 4 October 1816
The Earl of Chatham - fences at Abington Hall and conditions of lease ('schedule concludes with the words "repair the gates and fences when injured"'), 11 Oct 1816
'My dear Aunt' [Lady Lacon, Yarmouth] - Soham Fen money, 14 November 1816
And similar letters to 26 February 1817. Includes one loose letter at back.
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